' is a form of spoken vaudeville theatre of Japan cultivated since the 18th century. The term also refers to the exclusive theater where yose is held.

History

The yose was a popular form of spoken theatre in the Edo period. The term is the shortened form of Hito yose seki (????), roughly "Where people sit together". Towards the end of the Edo period, there were several hundred theatres, about one per

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